Why do businessmen in China call Fan Li a "business sage"?

In 536 BC, Fan Li was born in the Wandi clan of Chu State. His family was poor when he was a child. However, Fan Li liked reading since he was a child, and he learned a lot in his teens. What is even more rare is not his profound knowledge, but his unique thinking insights, his quick insight into the nature of things, and his ability to handle things calmly. When he was young, Fan Li seemed to be a madman around him. Everyone who came into contact with him said that he was crazy. In fact, he sometimes disdains talking to people. More often, he accurately grasped the essence of the problem and thought more deeply and thoroughly, which others could not understand. Whether in business or politics, this ability to quickly understand the essence of things and make accurate and decisive decisions is very important, and it is also one of the essential qualities of a successful leader.

When Fan Li was 20 years old, he met Wen Zi. They hit it off and they agreed to build a great career and do something important. But at that time, Chu was already the overlord of all nations, the monarch was arrogant, the royal family was dominated by one party, and the politics was chaotic. So Fan Li and Wen Zi went to Vietnam to be officials. When they first arrived in Vietnam, Fan Li and Wen Zi.

Fan Li volunteered to go to Wu as a slave with Gou Jian. Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, knew that Fan Li was very talented. He advised Fan Li to leave Gou Jian several times and gave him a title. In the three years when Fan Li was unmoved by slavery, Fan Li and Gou Jian worked together, ate a low salary and never forgot to say goodbye to Gou Jian's monarch and subjects.

Since then, the king of Wu has given up the idea of persuading him to surrender to Wu. In fact, Fan Li's loyalty is not only Gou Jian, but also the fulfillment of his personality. In modern society, Fan Li's character of keeping his promise, being neither arrogant nor impetuous in prosperity nor doubting in adversity has become precious. Even according to some current values, Fan Li's performance is only a kind of loyalty, but this is not the case.

In today's enterprises, there are many leaders who restrict the development of enterprises because of the lack of personal virtue. In today's society, I don't think many people will do it if they can deeply understand this truth and do it themselves. Although they may be laughed at by the mainstream of society for a while, and even suffer a little loss, they will succeed in the end.

Or the thinking philosophy of these people who are based on morality, combining Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism advocates benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, and the way of governing the country is the mainstream thought of doing things and governing the country in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and later historical periods. Even the Taoist thought has been inherited to this day, pursuing the nature of Taoism and governing by doing nothing. Influenced by this concept, few Taoist thinkers go into politics. Therefore, at that time, there was basically no Taoist thought to lead and manage the country's leaders, but Fan Li had an enlightened and wise mind and a broad mind. He has both the strengths of Confucianism and Taoism, and accepts the thought of a hundred schools, but he is not limited to a hundred schools, jumping out of a hundred schools and forming his own ideological system. This ideological feature constitutes his unique side, that is, Confucianism's courtesy, honesty, courage and Taoism.

According to time, blend in with nature, conform to the environment, rely on the environment, and be both rigid and flexible. At the same time, we should learn from the laws of Legalism, Mohism, Yin and Yang in governing the country and unifying the army. With an open mind, Fan Li's ideological journey is as firm as a rock, as tough as leather and as soft as a torrent. When he was in politics, he showed a combination of Confucianism and Taoism and his personality characteristics. As an enterprise manager in a complex market environment and a difficult period of enterprise survival, he must have the thinking of combining Confucianism and Taoism, so as to lead the enterprise not to be frustrated in adversity, not to be arrogant in prosperity, to treat humiliation objectively and sensitively, and to find the opportunities behind Wu Weinu.

Fan Li and Gou Jian knelt down for perfection. When Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, wanted to go out, Gou Jian asked Fu Cha to ride on his back. When Fu Cha was ill, Gou Jian licked the dung for diagnosis, and finally touched the prince of Wu. Three years later, he asked Gou Jian to return to China. These strategies for perfection were advocated by Fan Li for Gou Jian in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there were many scholars.